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| family take more interest in argument than any
family have ever known. and great many letters
are both instructive and amusing On the subject
lately introduced Resolved. That Columbus did not
discover America take the affirmative. IL IL true
that Columbus was not the first 10 discover America
but the first that was the means OF any good; ana
an event. think, should he weighed by the result
Every schoOlbOy 10 years Of age, doubt not, could
/ tell something of Left Ericson's discovery OF
America A. ID 1901, nearly 500 years before Column
/ bus; but what was the result? The White Man
Land " was forgotten by its explorers. The
CabOts discovered several points IN AmerlcS preNi-
Gus 90 Columbus discovering South America. AT the
mouth Of the Orinoco River IN liss; but what led
60 the Cabot discovery? Was IL not after Columbus
had discovered Jamaica, Hayti and Cuba That the
/ European Kings who refused 60 aid him Ia ms
1 voyages hRstened TO send men 10 seize all land
that they found 20 be inhabited by the infdels in
the name Of the King" Columbus was not The
first 20 discover America. but hls discovery was tue
only that led TO tightening the American
continent. SO think IL may he rightly said Co
lumbns discovered America. willie q, johnson,
daughter 49th Ind. veteran, Schooner Point, lnd'
CLUB WHISPERS.
The Daughters of Veterans and Sons Of Veterans
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